Blitzkrieg Burning Horizon

by Softek International

Product Features

• Official stand-alone expansion, real-time strategy game
• Experience high-powered battles of WWII
• 18-mission campaign around historical figure General Rommel
• Fight famous battles in Ardennes, Tripoli, Tobruk, and Sicily
• Exciting single missions with new nation, Japan

Product Details

• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B00026UZ1Q
• Media: CD-ROM
• Release Date: June 8, 2004
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #13,164 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

The official stand-alone expansion, Blitzkrieg: Burning Horizon immerses you into even more high-powered battles of WWII. Offering a huge 18-mission campaign centered around the historical figure of General Rommel, you'll be able to fight famous battles in Ardennes, El Alamein, Tripoli, Tobruk, Sicily, and of course, Normand! The expansion pack also contains exciting single missions with a new nation: Japan!

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

22 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A worthy successor to the original, June 16, 2004

By 

Chris Carter (Greensboro, NC United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Blitzkrieg Burning Horizon (CD-ROM)

If you enjoyed the original Blitzkrieg PC game, you will probably find Burning Horizons to be even better. You can play a German campaign which encompasses all the actions that Erwin Rommel was involved in, which is a lot of fun. It is much different than the original game that had only 3 or so mission variations. In this campaign, there is a lot of variety in mission goals and execution, with each one being different from the one before. It really makes the game a lot more interesting, as you never really know what to expect. In addition, you can win medals for especially valiant actions on the field; for instance, some of my infantry won the Iron Cross for stopping a tank assault with only some captured howitzers. Besides the campaign, there is also a collection of single-player missions which range in complexity and difficulty. You can now play in areas as diverse as Norway, the Pacific, Ethiopia, and Singapore. There seems to be more of an emphasis on air power in this game as well. It can really make a big difference early on in the game. Overall, if you liked the first game, you will probably love this one. It is not nearly as repetitive as the original, and is much more fun. A down side is the fact that you only have the German campaign, there are no Allied or Russian variants to compliment it, but it is made up for by the list of single-player missions that you can explore. Highly recommended.

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great start for RTS.., October 1, 2004

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Retroflow44 "Not that there are 44 others, mi... (Greater Philadelphia Region, USA) - See all my reviews

= Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Blitzkrieg Burning Horizon (CD-ROM)

I really took a chance on buying this game since I hadn't read any of the reviews on it yet. I had recently gotten a copy of Sudden Strike 2 (also by CDV) and noticed that the interface was similar, so I calculated that it must be from the same team. Right next to it at Best Buy was Soldiers: Heroes of WW2. Thankfully, from everything I have read, I made the right choice in buying Blitzkrieg! Burning Horizon. And it was $10 less.

I was right, it's basicaly an evolution of the Sudden Strike series, which is among my favorites.

There are only a few things I find in fault. The objectives can in fact be a bit fuzzy until you are issued new orders during a scenario, then you have to really readjust your unit positions and whatnot. And aside from the twitchy "pathfinding" of the units, the armor has a bad habit of shooting EVERYTHING, including units you need to capture. But you compensate for this by using different tactics. Vehicles and sometimes troops can get stuck for no apparent reason, and it takes a lot of effort to free them if possible. Sometimes they stay stuck. Some say it's the 2D landscape versus the 3D units, but this happened with Sudden Strike too, which was all 2D. And I haven't had it happen yet with Combat Mission, which is all 3D. *shrug* They get stuck.

There are a lot of nice touches as improvemnts from the Sudden Strike series, like being able to call in various air support, weather and losses providing. In fact, you can multitask and bring in all of them - carpet bomb one position while strafing another, meanwhile transports reinforce you with paratroopers as fighters keep enemy fighters away. That's fun.

If you want stark realism, try one of the Combat Mission series. If you're looking for a bit of realism with a slight arcade feel and enough balance to employ some complex tactics, this game may be good for you. I liked it. But I like a lot of them and this is one of them.

Should be noted that any shortcomings of the first "Blitzkrieg!" in terms of the AI, were revised and updated for "Burning Horizon". Significant changes were made, so if the first one was discouraging, give the sequel a try.

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Good but weird, July 4, 2004

By A Customer

This review is from: Blitzkrieg Burning Horizon (CD-ROM)

I totally enjoy the Blitzkrieg series. I have each game plus the add-ons. Burning Horizons is awesome but has some weird bugs. My trucks often do not resupply on their own and I have to constantly direct them toward supply depots causing me grief. Also, the mission objectives seem unclear causing the player to do things that do not go along with the objectives. I have even received some mission objectives in German! A patch would be great for the bugs listed. Otherwise I love it. There are lots of things to smash so even my artillery is gaining elite status. As with all the Blitzkrieg games the one thing I cannot stand is not knowing exactly HOW to increase my rank other than trying to gain the best stats I can.